Vocabulary

そっと

softly; gently; quietly; lightly

adverb
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

He put a hand gently on her shoulder.

He is reading a book. Let's leave him alone.

He slid the money into my pocket.

We'd better leave him alone.

He wants her to go away and leave him in peace.

I walked softly for fear of waking the baby.

I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.

Do not obtrude upon her sorrow.